Rejected petition Do not leave the EU based on an unsound referendum. Do not trigger Article 50.

It would be irresponsible to trigger Article 50 and leave the EU based on a referendum in which 1.9% (fewer than 1 in 50 people) changing their mind would change the result. Given that people report that they voted 'leave' to send a message, not with a genuine desire to leave, the result is unsound.

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* Boris Johnson among others introduced the idea that we should vote leave in order to secure a better deal for the UK, not to actually leave.

* The referendum was used to vent frustration at the government. Campaigns were set up on social media to encourage people to vote 'leave' in order to sack David Cameron.

* The leave campaign was built around the idea of spending 350 million pounds a week on the NHS instead of Europe. The morning after the vote when it was described as a “mistake”.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133767

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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